Case Configuration and Noun Phrase Interpretation.

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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. The semantics of noun phrases; 0. Introduction; 1. NPs as generalized qualifiers; 1.0 Introduction; 1.1 NPs as families of sets; 1.2 A relational view; 1.3 Some basic constraints; 1.4 Monotonicity; 1.5 The weak-strong distinction; 2. Indefinite NPs; 2.0 Introduction; 2.1 Indefinites as variables; 2.2 The proportion problem; 2.3 Two solutions within DRT; 2.4 Heim (1990); 2.5 Chierchia (1992); 3. Strong readings of indefinites and other weak NPs; 3.0 Introduction; 3.1 Referential indefinites.

3.2 The partitive reading of cardinal NPs3.3 The generic reading of indefinites; 3.4 Concluding remarks; 4. Conclusion; Chapter 2. The hypothesis; 0. Introduction; 1. Case theory in generative grammar; 1.0 Introduction; 1.1 Abstractness of Case; 1.2 The Case filter; 1.3 Case theory and theta theory; 1.4 Structural and inherent Case assignment; 2 Case and (in)definiteness in existential sentences; 2.0 Introduction; 2.1 Safir's Case inheritance analysis; 2.2 Belletti's partitive Case; 3. Strong and weak Case; 3.0 Introduction; 3.1 Two objective Cases; 3.2 The nature of weak Case.

3.3 Deriving Case adjacency3.4 Some consequences; 4. Case and interpretation; 4.0 Introduction; 4.1 The hypothesis; 4.2 Partee's type-shifting principles; 4.3 Possible types for weak NPs; 4.4 Strong NPs as part of the predicate; 4.5 Incorporation; 5. The relation between syntax and semantics; 5.0 Introduction; 5.1 Problems for the mapping hypothesis; 5.2 Towards an analysis; 5.3 A modular system; 6. Conclusion; Chapter 3 Scrambling, subjects, and the weak-strong distinction; 0. Introduction; 1. Object-scrambling; 1.0 Introduction; 1.1 D-structure versus S-structure.

1.2 Scrambling as A-movement1.3 Why weak NPs cannot scramble; 1.4 Against the mapping hypothesis; 1.5 The principle of contrastiveness; 1.6 Conclusion; 2 Subjects in Dutch and English; 2.0 Introduction; 2.1 Dutch existential sentences; 2.2 Weak subjects in standard subject position; 2.3 An analysis in terms of strong and weak Case; 2.4 Subject scrambling; 2.5 The was für-split and the wat voor-split; 2.6 The principle of contrastiveness; 2.7 Conclusion; 3. On the characterization of the weak-strong distinction; 3.0 Introduction; 3.1 Presuppositionality.

3.2 Quantificational determiners and their arguments3.3 A case study: Dutch sommige; 3.4 The semantic filter in existential sentences; 3.5 Partitives; 3.6 Summary; 4. Conclusion; Chapter 4 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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